4steps from the big bang
115things can go into it
brick
MaterialSubstance
The first bricks were mud dried in the sun. Firing them in a kiln came thousands of years later.
First appearedc. 7,000 BCE
Made Of
Everything is made of something.← What it takes
What it leads to →
The first bricks were mud dried in the sun. Firing them in a kiln came thousands of years later.
From the big bang to brick
The most direct chain from the start of the universe, following what things are made from and, for living things, what they evolved from. Each step shows when it first appeared.
big bang13.8 bn yrs ago
Hhydrogen13.8 bn yrs ago
water4.4 bn yrs ago
claydate unknown
brickc. 7,000 BCE